WASHINGTON -- Plans to withdraw four Army brigade combat teams and two Marine battalions by July are "on track" as the military seeks to draw down the number of troops in Iraq as quickly as ground conditions allow, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said today.

February 12, 2008|
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
|Military

The death of a 3rd Infantry Division soldier killed in Iraq over the weekend when his MRAP vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device is under investigation, a division spokesperson said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - Battlefield tours for soldiers would be cut from 15 months to 12 under a proposal being considered by the Army as part of an effort to reduce the stress on a force battered by six years at war.

WASHINGTON - The commander of Fort Stewart and the 3rd Infantry Division who now also has command of coalition troops in central Iraq said Wednesday he's dismayed the American people aren't getting word about progress in Iraq.

February 08, 2008|
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
|Military

RUKLA, Lithuania - Cranes hoisted five U.S. Army tanks into Lithuania on March 15, marking the first time the two nations will train with tanks since 1990, when the country became an independent state.